Page 62 - Shalom: The Peace That Comes From Being Whole

Jerusalem, helped me see more clearly the
joining of the two:
And the joy and blessedness of returned and
redeemed Israel in literal Zion will be a type
and reflection also of the even fuller joy and
greater blessedness of the ransomed of the
Lord out of every nation and people and
tongue — which will then be safely gathered
unto Him in the heavenly Zion, “the Jerusalem
that is above,” of which the literal Jerusalem
will, during the millennial period, be, as it
were, the earthly vestibule. 1
My mini-book Jerusalem: Above and Below goes
into the subject in more detail. 2
However, I will point out here another in-
teresting fact. When Jewish Israelis pronounce
the name of the city, they say, Yerushalayim.
The number two in Hebrew is shtayim.
But you don’t need to say shtayim before
items that come in pairs. You simply use the
double ending on the word itself.
For instance, notice the dual ending to
words indicating things that come in twos:
mishkafayim (eyeglasses), na’alayim (shoes),
yad’ayim (hands).
Yerushalayim has a dual ending indicating
there are two.
Therefore, when we pray for the peace
(shalom) of Jerusalem, we are praying for its

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